15Grants for expenditure in connection with special education at government schools etc.

15 Grants for expenditure in connection with special education at government schools etc.

(1) Subject to section 16, the Minister may authorize the payment to a State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in respect of expenditure in connection with special education provided at or in connection with government schools or government centres in the State or other special education provided by, or on behalf of, the State, of such amounts as the Minister determines. (2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the condition that the State will ensure that an amount equal to the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section is applied by the State for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure, in respect of the year 1984, in connection with special education provided at or in connection with government schools or government centres in the State or other special education provided by, or on behalf of, the State and, in particular, will ensure that such part of that amount as is not less than the amount specified in column 3 of Schedule 5 opposite to the name of the State is so applied in connection with integration activities conducted at government schools in the State or places of education approved by the Minister for the purposes of the definition of integration activities in subsection 3(1) at which special education is provided by, or on behalf of, the State. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), financial assistance applied by a State for the purpose of meeting expenditure, in respect of commitments already undertaken or to be undertaken not later than 31 December 1984, in relation to minor building projects, or minor equipment projects, in connection with integration activities conducted at government schools in the State or places referred to in subsection (2), being projects:

(a) the total expenditure in relation to each of which is, or will be, less than $30,000; or

(b) that are approved by the Minister for the purposes of this section;

shall be deemed to be financial assistance that has been applied by that State for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure in connection with such integration activities.